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The Man Who Knew Too Much ()

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An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
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Dr. Benjamin McKenna
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Josephine Conway McKenna
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Lucy Drayton
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Edward Drayton
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Inspector Buchanan, Special Branch
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Louis Bernard
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Ambassador
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Val Parnell
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Jan Peterson
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Hank McKenna
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French Marksman
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Albert Hall Assistant Manager
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Woburn, Special Branch
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Helen Parnell
Yves Brainville ...
French Police Inspector
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Cindy Fontaine
London Symphony Orchestra ...
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Conductor
Covent Garden Chorus ...
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Barbara Howitt ...
Self - Soloist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrick Aherne ...
Handyman (uncredited)
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Taxidermist (uncredited)
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Edgar, a Taxidermist (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ...
Church Member (uncredited)
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Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
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Taxidermist Holding the Panther (uncredited)
Betty Baskcomb ...
Edna, the Church Organist (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley ...
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Paul Beradi ...
Embassy Guest (uncredited)
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Arab (uncredited)
Arline Bletcher ...
Church Member (uncredited)
Alexis Bobrinskoy ...
Foreign Prime Minister (uncredited)
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Church Member (uncredited)
Janet Bruce ...
Woman in Box Office Queue (uncredited)
Naida Buckingham ...
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton ...
Sir Kenneth Clarke (uncredited)
Barbara Burke ...
Miss Benson, the Marksman's Escort (uncredited)
Nora Bush ...
Church Member (uncredited)
Peter Camlin ...
Marrakesh Waiter (uncredited)
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French Policeman (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters ...
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Abdelhaq Chraibi ...
Muslim Husband on the Bus (uncredited)
Oliver Cross ...
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
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Edington, CID Inspector (uncredited)
Alex Frazer ...
Man in Box Office Lobby (uncredited)
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Aide to Prime Minister (uncredited)
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Embassy Back Entrance Guard (uncredited)
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Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Matthews , Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
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Embassy Guest (uncredited)
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Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
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Photographer at the Airport (uncredited)
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Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
Gladys Holland ...
Bernard's Date at Restaurant (uncredited)
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Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
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Ambrose Chappell Sr. (uncredited)
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Arab (uncredited)
Philip Johns ...
Embassy Chef (uncredited)
Barbara Jones ...
Lady On The Bus (uncredited)
Harold Kasket ...
Stavis, Embassy Butler (uncredited)
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Patterson, Scotland Yard Car Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Lou Krugman ...
Marrakesh Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Church Member (uncredited)
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General Manager of Albert Hall (uncredited)
Anthony Lang ...
Singer in Choir (uncredited)
Donald Lawton ...
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Church Member (uncredited)
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Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
Enid Lindsey ...
Lady Clarke (uncredited)
Mayne Lynton ...
Grey Haired Taxidermist (uncredited)
Janet Macfarlane ...
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Edward Manouk ...
Marrakesh Waiter (uncredited)
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Aide to Prime Minister (uncredited)
John Marshall ...
Embassy Butler (uncredited)
Lewis Martin ...
Scotland Yard Detective in Patrol Car (uncredited)
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French Policeman at Market Place #1 (uncredited)
Lee Miller ...
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
Lola Morice ...
Singer in Choir (uncredited)
Ralph Neff ...
Drayton's Henchman (uncredited)
Leslie Newport ...
Inspector at Albert Hall (uncredited)
John O'Malley ...
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Elsa Palmer ...
Embassy Cook (uncredited)
Liddell Peddieson ...
Taxidermist with a Cap (uncredited)
Pauline Pfarr ...
Ambassador's Wife (uncredited)
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Church Member (uncredited)
Arthur Ridley ...
Albert Hall Ticket Collector (uncredited)
Lucile Sewall ...
Church Member (uncredited)
Mahin S. Shahrivar ...
Muslim Wife on the Bus (uncredited)
Eric Snowden ...
Special Branch Officer (uncredited)
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Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
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Embassy Guest (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ...
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
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Embassy Footman (uncredited)
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French Policeman at Market Place #2 (uncredited)
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Special Branch Officer (uncredited)
Peter Williams ...
Police Sergeant at Albert Hall (uncredited)
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Ambrose Chappell Jr. (uncredited)
Allen Zeidman ...
Assistant Manager (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alfred Hitchcock

Written by

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John Michael Hayes ... (screenplay)
 
Charles Bennett ... (based on a story by) and
D.B. Wyndham-Lewis ... (based on a story by)
 
Angus MacPhail ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Herbert Coleman ... associate producer
Alfred Hitchcock ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Bernard Herrmann ... (music scored by)

Cinematography by

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Robert Burks ... director of photography

Editing by

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George Tomasini

Editorial Department

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Richard Mueller ... color consultant: Technicolor
Sam Vitale ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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William Cowitt ... (uncredited)
Gary Fifield ... (uncredited)
Bill Greenwald ... (uncredited)
Edward R. Morse ... (uncredited)
Tony Regan ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Henry Bumstead
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Costume Design by

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Edith Head ... (costumes)

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor
Virginia Darcy ... hairdresser (uncredited)
Dan Greenway ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Hugh Brown ... assistant production manager (uncredited)
Frank Caffey ... production manager (uncredited)
C.O. Erickson ... unit production manager (uncredited)
C.R. Foster-Kemp ... unit manager: London (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Howard Joslin ... assistant director
Ralph Axness ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Herbert Coleman ... second unit director (uncredited)
Ned Dobson ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Basil Keys ... second assistant director: London (uncredited)

Art Department

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Walter Broadfoot ... props (uncredited)
Dorothea Holt ... illustrator (uncredited)
Richard Rabis ... stand-by laborer (uncredited)
Neil Wheeler ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Paul Franz ... sound recordist
Gene Garvin ... sound recordist
Frank Carroll ... mike grip (uncredited)
Henry Keener ... recordist (uncredited)
William Pillar ... stage engineer (uncredited)
Bill Wistrom ... sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
John P. Fulton ... special photographic effects
Andrew Bonello ... digital restoration developer (uncredited)
Sophia Lo ... digital restoration: Cinesite (uncredited)
Monty Phillips ... digital artist (uncredited) (digital restoration)
Jerry Pooler ... digital restoration supervisor (uncredited)
Brad Reinke ... digital restoration producer (uncredited)
Antonio Torres ... digital artist: digital restoration and color correction, Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ted Mapes ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Neil Binney ... focus puller: UK (uncredited)
Adolph Froelich ... electrician (uncredited)
Bobby Greene ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Vic Jones ... gaffer (uncredited)
Ken Lobben ... still photographer (uncredited)
Don Ring ... gaffer: London (uncredited)
Leonard J. South ... second camera (uncredited)
Darrell Turnmire ... company grip (uncredited)
Paul Uhl ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Tish Morgan ... casting secretary (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Phyllis Dalton ... costumes (uncredited)
Lee Forman ... wardrobe: ladies (uncredited)
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Leonard Mann ... wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Music Department

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John C. Hammell ... music editor (uncredited)
London Symphony Orchestra ... music performed by (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Charles Morton ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Abdelhaq Chraibi ... technical advisor
Connie Willis ... technical advisor (as Constance Willis)
Catherine Barton ... welfare worker (uncredited)
Art Sarno ... publicist (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

While attending a medical conference in Paris, an American physician, Dr. Ben McKenna, along with his wife, retired musical theater actress and singer Jo McKenna née Conway, and their adolescent son, Hank McKenna, decide to take a side trip to Marrakesh, French Morocco. On the bus to Marrakesh, they meet a Frenchman, Louis Bernard. The following day at the market, Louis is masquerading as an Arab and approaches Ben with a knife plunged in his back. Before dying, Louis cryptically whispers into Ben's ear that there will be an attempted assassination in London of a statesman. Ben is reluctant to provide any information of this news to the authorities because he learned Hank was kidnapped by a British couple, Edward and Lucy Drayton. The people the Draytons were working for threatened to kill Hank if Ben divulged any information told to him by Louis Bernard. With what little information they have on hand, Ben and Jo head to London to try and thwart the assassination attempt and more importantly find Hank alive and safe. Scotland Yard is aware of some pieces to the puzzle, including the fact that Louis Bernard was a French secret service agent and that there will be an assassination attempt on someone. They will have to work together as they hit a diplomatic roadblock, one that may be overcome with a special Jo Conway song. Written by Huggo

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Taglines A little knowledge can be a deadly thing! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (United States)
  • Into Thin Air (United States)
  • Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (United Kingdom)
  • L'homme qui en savait trop (France)
  • Der Mann, der zuviel wußte (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 120 min
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Budget $2,500,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Throughout the filming, Doris Day became increasingly concerned that Sir Alfred Hitchcock paid more attention to camera set-ups, lighting, and technical matters than he did to her performance. Convinced that he was displeased with her work, she finally confronted him. His reply was, "My dear Miss Day, if you weren't giving me what I wanted, then I would have to direct you!" See more »
Goofs When Hank is being taken by his kidnappers from the chapel to the embassy, the group gets in a left-hand drive large 1953 Humber Mark IV Super Snipe on a Hollywood sound stage. The pretend driver enters on the right, but the supposed front seat passenger can be seen releasing the handbrake, and holding the steering wheel. The car's exhaust sound also does not match the Humber. In the second scene later, the same car enters the embassy rear gate, also on a Hollywood sound stage, and the car can be seen as having red seats. In the next cut, the car pulls up at the rear of the embassy, and Hank and the kidnappers exit. The car has now become a smaller and earlier 1951 Humber Mark IV Hawk, with tan seats, filmed on location in London, although both cars show the same registration number. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Le contrôle de l'univers (1999). See more »
Soundtracks Storm Cloud Cantata See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: A single crash of Cymbals and how it rocked the lives of an American family. See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Dr. Ben McKenna: Sorry we were gone so long, but we had to pick up Hank!
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